slave-drivern.

Etymology: slave n.¹ + driver n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslave-driver.

Originally U.S.

An overseer of slaves; transferred an exacting taskmaster.

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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > overseer of slaves

slave-driver1807

1807 Salmagundi 13 Feb. 42 Beautiful, Oh most puissant slave-driver, as are my wives, they are exceeded by the women of this country.

1828 Athenæum 29 Feb. 162/2 The scourge shall no longer sound among the Antilles, nor the image of God be trampled by the slave~driver into the likeness of the beasts that perish.

1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil II. 480 A ferocious looking fellow with a scourge..who was the slave-driver of the ship.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 10 It is..worst of all when you are the slave-driver of yourself.

1857 T. B. Gunn Physiol. N.Y. Boarding-houses xv. 127 He'd been an overseer—or, as they termed it, slave-driver— down South.

1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 193 The sweater himself, a mere slave driver paid ‘by the piece’.

1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ x. 189 Do you think it would be worth something to the men who hire you for a dirty slave-driver to be protected from a strike?

1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape iii. 32 Bloody slave-driver!

1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 674 The [prison] guards are shields, screws,..slave-drivers or herders.

1975 Investors Chron. 28 Feb. 589/1 He is not a slave driver but somehow generates an extremely hard-working atmosphere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	slave-driver
释义	slave-drivern. Etymology: slave n.¹ + driver n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslave-driver. Originally U.S. An overseer of slaves; transferred an exacting taskmaster. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > overseer of slaves slave-driver1807 1807 Salmagundi 13 Feb. 42 Beautiful, Oh most puissant slave-driver, as are my wives, they are exceeded by the women of this country. 1828 Athenæum 29 Feb. 162/2 The scourge shall no longer sound among the Antilles, nor the image of God be trampled by the slave~driver into the likeness of the beasts that perish. 1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil II. 480 A ferocious looking fellow with a scourge..who was the slave-driver of the ship. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 10 It is..worst of all when you are the slave-driver of yourself. 1857 T. B. Gunn Physiol. N.Y. Boarding-houses xv. 127 He'd been an overseer—or, as they termed it, slave-driver— down South. 1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 193 The sweater himself, a mere slave driver paid ‘by the piece’. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ x. 189 Do you think it would be worth something to the men who hire you for a dirty slave-driver to be protected from a strike? 1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape iii. 32 Bloody slave-driver! 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 674 The [prison] guards are shields, screws,..slave-drivers or herders. 1975 Investors Chron. 28 Feb. 589/1 He is not a slave driver but somehow generates an extremely hard-working atmosphere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1807
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